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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-31
By Green & Wise. Auctioneers.

By Green & Wise, Auctioneers.
DY VIRTUE OF DECREE of the Corporation
ID Court of the city of Alexandria, Va, rendered
at its September term 1880, in the cause of Dan
iel w. Griffith VS.. Kinsay Griffith ct al, the un-
dersigned, special commissioner therein named,
will offer for sale by public auction, in front of
the entrance to tho Court room, Fairfax street,
on SATURDAY, the 18th day of November, 1887,
at 9 o'clock m the following property to wit ::
No. IA LOT OF GROUND, beginning 12O
feet inches from the corner Of Union and King
streets; thence west with King street % feet 8
inches to the centre OF the square; thence south
116 feet to 2O-feet alley; thence east on the al
ley % feet inches; thonco north By straight
line to tho beginning.
No. "a LOT OF GROUND and IMPROVE
MENTS, adjoining the property of d. Mcleod, be-
ginning at the western intersection of Mcleod S
line with King street thence back with McLoods
line 116 feet to &c. feet alley; thence with the
alley westwardly ID feet; thence with limo
parallel to first line to King street; tleBce with
King street to the beginning.
No. ga LOT OF GROUND, commonly called
the GOAL YARD LOT" commencing on King
street about 641b feet east of the corner of Lee
street, fronting say sc feet cn King street and
running back 116 or III feet to Il 20 feet alley.
Terms of Sale: Cash enough to pay costs Of suit
and the expenses Of sale, and the residue on a
credit of six, twelve and eighteen months, with
interest," from day Of SALE taking bonds, Wth good
personal security and retaining title to secure de-
ferred payments. CHARLES Z. STUAET,
oct15 cots Special Commissioner.
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= & Delicate diseases of either sex
radically cured. Send 10 cents in stamps
for book Address, Worlds DspensaTy
Medical Association, Buffalo, n. Y.
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WASHINGTON AID OHIO DIVISION.

all TEAMS DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Leave Alexandria 600 a. M, 9:17 a. m and
$50 2. M; arrive at Round Hill 1920 4. a.,
11:45 q. M. and 7:19 p. IN.
Returning, trains leave Round Hill Cos " m,
11:44 a. m. and 1:23 p. m, arriving az Aloxan-
dria at 1892 a. m, 4:40 p. IN. and 3:47 p. II.
the 9:29 4. n. train from Alexandria connects
at Round Hill with stage for Blue Edgc, Berry
Vile end Winchester, and at Leesburs with stages
for 4ldie and Middleburg.
Tho 500 b. ~ train and 4:5O r. rl train from
hlcxendra connects At Vienna with stages for
Fairfax Court House
Through tickets sale at the principal stations
to Ill points, For rates or information apply to
sny agent of the Company, or to
J. S. B. THOMPSON, A. G. P. a
Alexandria, Va.
JAS. L. TAYLOR, G. P. A.
Washington, D. G.
SOL. HAAS r. NJ, Richmond. Va.
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1Ecrnori;r Sacrnrn.

The io;ioHio., Is the poem written by the
late James Barron Hops AID read at the
laying of the cornerstone of ths Lee monu-
ment. at Rch,ooud. Gu Thursday, by Capt.
McCabe:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-31

Who shall blame the social order
Which gave us men as great as these?
Who condemn the soil of T. forest
Which brings forth gigantic trees?
Who presume to doubt that Providence
Shapes out our destinies.
Foreordained and long maturing,
Came the famous men Of old;
IN the dark mines deep were driven
Down the shafts to reach the gold,
And the story is far longer
Than the histories have told.
From Bacon down to Washington
The generations passed,
Great events and moving causes
Wero in serried order massed;
Berkeley well was first confronted.
Better George the King at lsst
From the time of that stern ruler
To our own familiar days
Long the pathway we have trodden,
Hard and devious were its ways,
Till at last there came the second
Mightier Revolution 5 blaze;
Till at last there broke the tempest
Like cyclone on the sea,
When the lightnings blazed and dazzled
And the thunders were set free
And riding on that whirlwind came
Majestic Robert Lee!
Who-again l ask the question
Who may challenge in debate,
With any show OF truthfulness,
Our former social state,
Which brought forth more than heroes,
In their lives supremely great?
Not Peter the wild Crusader,
When bent upon his knee,
Not Arthur and his belted knights,
la the poets song, could be
More earnest than those Southern men
Ta1la DoLn T
They thought that they were right, and this
Was hammered into those
Who held that crest all drenched in blood
Where ths "Bloody Anglo rose.
As for all else? 1t passes by
As the idle wind that blows
Then stand up, oh my countrymen.
and unto God give thanks,
On mountains and on hillsides
And by sloping river banks
Thank God that you were worthy
Of the grand Confederate ranks;
That you who came from uplands
And from beside the sea,
Filled with love Of Old Virginia
And the teachings OF the free,
May boast in sight of all men
That you followed Robert Lee.
Geacc mas come. IOC give hlS ulesSlnS
On the fact and on the name!
The South speaks no invective
And she writes no word of blame;
But we call all men to witness
That we stand up without shame!
Nay! Send it forth to all the world
That we stand up here with pride,
With love for our living comrades
And with praise for those who died;
And in this manly frame of mind
Till death We will abide.
God and our consciences alone
Give us measures of right and wrong.
The race may 7all unto the swift
And the battle to the strong;
But the truth will shine in history
And blossom into Song.
Human grief full oft by glory
Is ss71iaged end disappears
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-31

'Cho steamers Of thie company make connec.
tciss ~ Eorse,E for all points East at New
York With ell points West and Northwest, and at
Ale5Gndeia with Virginia Midland Railway and
Washington and Ohio Railroad. Through rates
given anG freight handled carefully and promptly
For further information apply to
+. A. REED &. CO., Agent
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STEAMERS.
poR NORFOLK AND FORT MONROE.
STEAMER GEORGE LEARY.p y

On and after Monday, Sept 10, 1887, the
"LEAGY' will leave Prince street wharf on
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS at
5:30 p. IN.
Returning LEAVE NORFOLK EVERY TUES.
DAY, THURSDAY and SUNDAY, ut 4 p. m
Exclusive connection with Boston and Provi-
dcnce steamers. Connect also with Old Dominion
steamers 10: New York, steamers Ariel and Old
Point at Fortress Monroe for Richmond and land
ings on james river, and with all other rail and
Steamboat lines at Norfolk and Fort Monroe
For other information apply 10
PHILIP b. H0oE,
sep17 tf Agt Prince Street Wharf
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AUCTION SALES.
DUBLIC SALE.

SPLENDID FISHING oUTFIT-7oo fathoms
of Seine, Corks, Capstans, Boats, Cars, Anchors,
Water Buckets, ShovGls, Stoves Pump and Hose,
a largo lot Of Cabin Furniture and all the usual
apparatus used by fshormen at the TUNP
FARM, on AQUA CREEK, in Stafford county,
Va, lshoit ride from Brooke stationl NOVEMBER
1st 1857, at 10 o'clock m For information APP
ply to w. S. WHITE, or LITTLE L LITTLE At
tnrncTs Frednricksbnrg. Va nct15 5 ID
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RAILROADS.

Trains Leave Wasbine5ou, t-1la stat!o:, s5ruee q.
2;xth and B ssrseta ss ic!!ows:
Fer Fitisbufg aud TIC Test Chicago Li:Gitoa
Express Of Fsieco siloepirg Csrz ~ 900 a. a.,
daily; FSst Iaa $50 s.i... daily, 10 Oi..cin;sti
and ST. LouiH. 9,5h Glaeping Cas- iioiu uarria.
burg to Cincinnati, ara 3u:Tes Car to 81 Louis
daily, except saturday, to Chicasc, wish 3iee...
ing Car Altoona to Ohicage. Western EXPRESS,
Washington &c Chicago Snd ST. Louis. a:.d
Except Saturday, Harrisburg to Cic7alsnd,
connecting daily at Hsrrsburg win trough
3loopers for i.arsvi!e nni Memphis peciic
Express, 1000 P. N. daily, for Pi5tsb1Ts and
the West, with Jhronp;i Sleeper Harrisburg
to Chicago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-31
MEDICINAL.
Enrz1R BABEK.

vegetable compound, contains no Quinine. a
safe and positive cure for MALARIA, FEVER and
AGUE; also as tonic for strengthening and in
vigoratng the system.
For sale by all druggists. Fifty cents bottle !;
three bottles for $1.25. sep2 3m
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FOR NEW YORK.

yrEA MER8 Il. c. KNIGHT AND ~s1s.
JOHN GIBSON SIEEk
EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, aud returning
leave Me- York, from pier Al, East river, every
SATURDAY
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FOR RIVER LANDINGS.

The steamer JOHN w THOMPSON will leave
her whsrf EVERY MONDAY WEDNESDAY
aud FRIDAY at 8 q. IN for all river landings as
FAR down as 3 in ale, Mondays Point and Lodge
Landing, ~ Yeocomco river returning Tuesday
Thursday and Saturday mornings
Fare, frs5.class, SOC; second class, 25c.
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DIRECT ono sToPs.j

Tie steamer LADY or THE LAKE will
leave her wharf EVERY TUESDAY, THURS
DAY and SATURDAY at o'clock p. m.
Fare, tclass, il.50; round trip, $3.50.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-31

Like the shock of shields and spear,
And itg passion is too full of pride
To leave space for tears.
And hence to day, my countymen,
We come, with undimmed eye..
In homage of the hero Lee,
The good, the great, the wise
And at his name our hearts will leap
Till his last old soldier dies.
Ask NE, ii you please, TO paint
Stormwinds upon the sea;
Tell me to weigh great Cheops-
Set volcanic forces free;
But bid me not my countrymcn,
To picture Robert Lee
as Saul, bound for Damacus fair,
Was struck blind By sudden light,
SO my eyes arc psined and dazzled
By radiance pure and white
Shot back by the FURNISHED armor
OF that glory-bel:ed Knight.
His was all tho Eorman's polish
And sobriety of grace;
All the Goth's msjes.ic figure;
All the Romans noble face;
And he stood tn ctall exemplar
Of grand historic race.
Baronial were his acres where
Potomacs waters run;
High his lineage, and his blazon
Was by cunning heralds done;
But better still he might have said
OF his works" he wss the son
Truth walked beside him always
From his childhood's early ears,
Houor followed as his shadow,
Valor iightened all his cares:
And he rode-that grand Virgin;an-
Last of all the Cavaliers
AS a soldier we ali knew him
Great in action and reposa,
Saw how his genius kindled
And his mighty spirit rose
When the four quarters of the globe
Encompassed him with foes.
But he and his grew bracer
As the danger grew more rife.
Avaricious they of glory
But most prodigal of life,
And the Army Of Virginia
Was the Atlas of the strife.
As his troubles gathered round him,
Thick as waves that beat the shore,
ATRA CURA rode behind him,
Famine'soshadow filled his door;
Still he wrought deeds no mortal man
Had ever wrought before.
Then came the end, my countrymen,
The last thunderbolts were hurled
Worn out by his own victories
His battle flags were furled.
And history was finished
That has changed the modern world.
AS some saint in the arena
Of bloody Roman game
AS the prize of his endoavor
Put on an immortal frame.
Through long agonies our Soldier
Won tho crown of martial fame
But there came greater glory
To that man supremacy great.
when his just sword he laid aside
In peace to serve his State,
For in his classic solitude
lie rose up and mastered Fate.
He triumphed aud he did not die
No funeral bells are tolled-
But on that day in Lexington
Fame came herself to hold
His stirrup while lie mounted
70 ride down the streets of gold.
he is not dead There is no death
&c only went before
His journey on, when CHRIST THE LORD
Wide open held the door,
and calm, celestial peace is his
Thank God forevermore.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-31

Great Mother of great Commonwealths
Men called our Mother State:
And she so well has earned this name
That she may challenge Fate
To snatch away the epithet
Long given her of great"
First of all Old Englands outposts
To stand fast upon these shores,
Soon she brought mighty harvest
To a Peoples threshing floors,
And more than golden grain was piled
Within her ample doors.
Behind her stormy sunrise shone,
He shadow fell vast and long.
And her mighty Adm raj, English Smith,
Heads a prodigious throng
Ofas mighty men, from Raleigh down,
As ever arose in Song.
Her names are the shining arrows
Which her ancient quiver bears,
And their splendid sheaf has thickened
Through the long march of the years.
While her great shield has been FURNISHED
By her children's blood ard tears.
Yes, it is true, my countrymen,
We are Iich in names and blood,
And red have been the blossoms
From tho first colonial bud,
While her names have blszed as mcteors
BY many field and flood.
And as some flood tumultuous
In sounding biilows rolled
Give back the evenings glories
In wealth of blazing gold,
So does the present from its waves
Reflect the light Of old.
Our history is shifting sea
Locked in by lofty land,
And its great Pillars of Hercules
Above the shining sand,
here behold in majesty
Uprising or each hand.
These Pillars of our history,
In fame forever young,
Are knc gn in every latitude
Aud named in every tongue,
and down through all the Ages
Their story shall be sung.
The Father OF His Country
Stands above that shut-in sea,
4 glorious symbol to the world
OF all that's great and free;
And to-day Virginia matches him
And matches him with Lee.
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CPoRl ING GOODS, GUNS, &c.-we arc now
~ receiving our stock of Paper Shells. Guns
Primers, Wads, &C., to which we invite the attcn.
ton of the public. Prices low and goods first
class JAS. T. CARLfE &c SONS,
aug23 New No 315 King ST. Alexandria,
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When its requiem swells with music
Like the shock of shields end spear,
And its passion is too full of pride
To leave space for tears.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-31

oak WAGON HUBS, Hickory and Oak Rims
" Oak and Hickory Spokes, three grades of
each kind also Shafts, Poles, Wagon Skeins and
Boxes both steel and iron fresh and full stock at
JAS +. CARLIN 8, SONS,
aug1S hlexaud re, Va.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-28
A House Invaded by a Steer.
From the Ne,o York Tribune.


John Fitzgerald who tried to guide herd of
long horned steers through the streets of
Williamsburg on Monday, was held by
Justice Naeher yesterday to suffer the
punishment of one who drives cattle through
the streets without a permit. In the Police
Court the story told by the complainant, Viii
liam Wagner, butcher at No. 8 Bushwic,l ave-
nue., took on the color of a Buffalo Bill Wild
West Show broken loose among the crowned
heads of Europe. But the performance had no
glamour about it, and as it resulted in no Sc
rious accident to the participants, it can be de-
scribed in cold, chaste language. Mr.. Wagner,
however, thought he was hotly chased The
steer ran down the street fringed with side
walks that bore crowds of startled Mortified
women, children and men, who were going home
from the work entailed upon them by individual
ant-poverty societies.
The conduct of the steer showed his apprecia-
ton of the progress of the extreme musical cult
of Germany. He went to Wagner's shop and
carried his enthusiasm to such an extent that
his meat block and beef hooks. The steer fol
lowed with excessive enthusiasm. Mr. Wagner
made an exit through window, in the style of
an unpopular actor who is too cordially received
by his critics Mrs. Wagner dropped her chill
dren one by one ont Of the same window lust as
she would have let potato balls fall into her fry
ing pan, il she had been suddenly caught at the
work. Then she followed them with entire
unanimity. Mr.. Wagner's aged mother was in
the sitting room adjoining the kitchen The
steer gaZed reproachfully out of the window.
and then walked into the sitting-room and with
the assistance of his horns Mrs. Wagner was
iln- out of the window among her relatives
T1Faasss The steer smashed everything smashabe
in the rooms and shop before he was lassoed and
taken away to the slaughter house. Little dam
age seemed to have been done to the family of
hlr. Wagner
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-28
The Interstate Law and Rates.

There is no longer any doubt that the
fourth section Of the interstate commerce
law, to which there is so much opposition,
will be enforced. 1t may be suspended in
special cases in which it is satisfactorily
shown that it works great injury to the
complaining interest, but there will be no
general suspension of it.
The law went into operation April s. and
the fourth clause was soon afterward slIs-
pended so far as a number of Southern
roads were concerned. A comparison,
therefore, of the earnings of the railroads of
the country for April OF this year with their
earnings for April Of last year is not a
wholly safe one to show the effect of the
| law upon railroads. The comparison, how
ever, in so far as it is to be relied upon, does
| not show that the railroads have suffered.
| The earnings Of ninety-nine of the principal
roads for April of this year were 81, 1874, S99
| greater than for April of last year. This is
| an increase of 1853 per cent. The increase
is not due to an increase in the number of
passengers and the amount of freight
carried, because it is fact that there was a
| falling OFF in the freight business soon after
| the law went into operation on account of
the uncertainty respecting rates.
1t is pretty clear that the increase in the
earnings is due to an increase in rates. 1t
is probable, however, that these rates will
not be maintained when the railroads under
stand clearly in what way they can adjust
their rates under thu law so as to best pro-
mote the interests upon which. they are de-
pendent for business
The suggestion that the railroads have
advanced their rates for the purpose of
making the interstate law odious, in order
to secure its repeal, is hardly worth consid-
ering. They are disposed to do what is fair,
and it. is probable that when it is fully
agreed what the requirements of the law
are the present rates will be considerably
modified
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-28
A CHARITABLE WOMAN
And Young Man Who Felt Fit
Coming On.
From the CIeveLnnd PLnin Dec

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
People sometimes make very strange requests
The other day well-dressed man who stood on
the doorsteps of Prospect street residence rang
the bell, and when the lady of the house went to
door said:
Excuse me, ma am, for troubling you, but
may have fit in your vestibule? am sub
ject to them and feel one coming on now"
The man seemed very much distressed, and
the kind-hearted woman said hur1iedly: Come
right into the house and lie down in the par
lor."
The man went in and the woman heard his
spasmodic gasps as she fastened next door for
a physician, who happened to be neighbor
Returning with the good doctor the woman
found the parlor empty and two or three pieces
of rare bric-a-brac missing She looked into
the hall and saw that her husbands best spring
overcoat was gone: then she found in the band
of an old derby hat slip of paper on which
were the words: MANY thanks, dear madam;
have had my fit, but it is not the kind you sup
posed. am still having it. 1t is dependent
upon your husbands overcoat which viii make
the fit continuous as long as l wear it. Let me
warn you against the ingenuity of the unprinci-
pied brotherhood of sneak thieves. The bric-a-
brac shall keep as souvenir of your kindness
and charity"
The doctor, who had been so hastily sum-
moned, while he found no occasion to use his
skill in the expected direction, was unexpected
ly called upon to minister to a woman of shat
tered nerves whose condition was made more
critical by the extremity OF her anger.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-28
Art Critics and Old Masters.

There are very few people who know any
thing about the value of paintings. The
Judgment of many of those who are recog-
nized as connoisseurs III art matters is not
worth much. Even artists and experts rely
upon the name of tho painter in fixing the
value of picture. That this is true is
fully shown by the testimony taken in the
case of Mr.. Jacob H. Studer against the
Manhattan Warehouse and Storage Com
pany, which was tried in the Common Pleas
Court of New York city this week. Mr..
Studer sued the company for s25, 900 dam
ages to picture, which he said was painted
by Salvador Rosa, who, he claimed, was
one of the greatest of the old masters.
The testimony was conflicting and
amusing. Several artists and art critics
testified for Mr. Studer that the picture was
Salvador Rosa, and they gave what doubt
less appeared to them to be very satisfactory
reasons for their statement. They knew all
about old masters, particularly Salvador
Rosa. They knew his style, his subjects,
his coloring and many other things which
picture dealers talk about with wonderful
gibness When they got through it seemed
as if the jury could do nothing else than
find verdict for Mr.. Studer.s
The storage company had some witnesses,
however, and they too knew all about paint
ings and old masters. The first point they
made was that the painting was not that of
an old master. The second was that it was
not work of Salvador Rosa, and the third
was that Salvador Rosa wasn't much of an
old master, and that about the only value
his pictures had was that of relics. That
was not very encouraging for Mr.. Studer,
but there was other testimony that was
still more damaging to his case. Several
well known experts said that the painting
was not worth more than 5000 or $500, and
that if it were offered for sale in Europe it
would not command more than SIS. But
what caused Mr.. Studer the greatest sur
prise was the production of the pedigree of
the picture, which proved that it had been
painted by an obscure Italian, and that it
had been sold in Cincinnati for 800.
Doubtless there are many pictures in the
picture galleries of this country which are
thought to be old masters, and on that ac-
count are valued at fabulous prices, but
which are only the works of imitators
of old masters. All that gives them their
value is the belief that they were painted by
one of the great painters of the past Con-
noisseurs pretend to see extraordinary merit
in them; and millionaires, who have
more money than they know what to
do with, give small fortunes for them and
are happy in the belief that they are the
possessors of one or more of the rare works
of art of the world. In view of tho fact
that they are unable to distinguish an old
master from dollar chrome the most of
their joy must come from the fact that they
possess something which cost a vast deal of
money rather than from an ability to ap
preciate the beauties of meritorious works
of art